Revenue, Region, and Racial Demographics (Presentation Slides)

Revenue, Region, and Racial Demographics: A Case Study of College Publishing Programs and Presses Mikayla Lee, MPS in Publishing, GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing

Despite recent efforts to make publishing resources more financially accessible and racially inclusive, it remains unclear how university revenue correlates with the availability of publishing programs and presses over time. This research investigates the impact of recent political and economic trends on university presses at both Northern and Southern universities, discussing how these trends have affected the representation of Black scholars and their work in scholarly publishing. We will collect revenue and other publicly available data from approximately 200 U.S. universities from 2012 onward and perform a linear regression model to determine if there is a correlation between the presence/absence of publishing programs with university revenue and other variables. We will then focus our attention on some case studies including HBCUs, Tribal Colleges, and Hispanic-serving Institutions to explore how having publishing programs in these types of institutions may affect the representation of BIPOC scholars in academic publishing.

Mikayla Lee (They/Them) is an Instructional Technologist at Johnson & Wales University who specializes in accessible E-Publishing, marketing, and peer review practices that make scholarship more relevant for underrepresented groups, including BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and low-income populations.